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Congress Notified of Potential $1.7B E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Sale to Japan – USNI News

Congress was notified of a potential sale of four Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and supporting equipment to Japan, State Department officials told USNI News on Tuesday. The four information, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, extra engines and radars are part of a $1.7 billion foreign military sales (FMS) case to add the Advanced Hawkeyes to…

Congress was notified of a potential sale of four Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes and supporting equipment to Japan, State Department officials told USNI News on Tuesday.

The four information, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, extra engines and radars are part of a $1.7 billion foreign military sales (FMS) case to add the Advanced Hawkeyes to the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force’s (JMSDF) fleet of existing E-2C Hawkeyes.

via Congress Notified of Potential $1.7B E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Sale to Japan – USNI News.

Japan has an unusually robust Airborne Early Warning and Control fleet. For instance, in addition to the existing dozen or so E-2Cs they fly, they also have four E-767s, which are similar to our E-3C Sentry, but based on the Boeing 767 airliner airframe.

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  1. LT Rusty

    Considering their proximity to North Korea and China, I’d say “robust” is pretty much the mandatory minimum for Japan’s AEW capability.

    Good for them, good for Grumman, good for the US economy.

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